Indiscriminate violence in Iraq

The next sections provide detailed information and assessment of the level of indiscriminate violence and the risk it represents for civilians in Iraq per governorate. Summaries are structured according to the following elements:

• General information
• Background of the conflict
• Actors: control and presence
• Nature of violence and examples of incidents
• Incidents: data
• Geographical scope
• Civilian fatalities: data
• Displacement
• Further impact on civilians

The map below summarises and illustrates the assessment of indiscriminate violence per governorate:

Figure 10. Level of indiscriminate violence in Iraq (based on information up to 31 October 2021).